Serial Coastal Thief Guilty Of Assault On A Sheriff’s Deputy With A Firearm; Will Receive Three Strikes Life Sentence.
Defendant William Allan Evers, age 40, most recently a coastal transient, admitted Friday morning in the Mendocino County Superior Court that he assaulted a Sheriff’s deputy with a firearm in the Elk area of Mendocino County back in May 2021 while fleeing from a home burglary in that area.
The defendant also admitted as true sentencing allegations that he has suffered two prior felony convictions that brought him within the meaning and spirit of California’s voter-modified Three Strikes law.
The defendant was convicted of his second Strike — a felony violation of Penal Code section 422, Criminal Threats — in the Shasta County Superior Court in October 2014.
The defendant was convicted of his first Strike – a felony violation of Penal Code sections 459 and 460(a), Residential Burglary – in the Humboldt County Superior Court in 2007.
The defendant also admitted when asked by the judge that he was on state parole at the time of his crime spree and that he had failed to comply with the terms of his parole, particularly the term requiring the defendant to obey all laws.
As part of the negotiated disposition, the defendant stipulated to the only Three Strike sentence authorized by law in this case given the guilty plea and admissions – 25 years to life in state prison.
While also charged with multiple burglaries, those charges were dismissed with the understanding that the defendant will be ordered to pay restitution to the many victims out of his prison wages, if any, during his lengthy incarceration.
The conviction and admissions were referred to the Mendocino Adult Probation Department for a background investigation and sentencing report, as required by law. This report assists the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation during its intake procedures and prison facility assignment process.
The law enforcement agency that spearheaded the investigation of and developed the evidence underlying today’s conviction was the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigations.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office spearheaded the investigations of the many burglaries.
The attorney handling the case for DA Eyster is coastal Deputy District Attorney Eloise Kelsey.
Mendocino County Superior Court Superior Court Judge Keith Faulder accepted today’s guilty plea and admissions. Judge Faulder will also preside over the sentencing hearing and impose the life sentence on March 24, 2022 at 9 o’clock in the morning in Department A in the Ukiah courthouse.
COMMENT RE BED BEARD SENTENCE:
This is a miscarriage of Justice, he is sentenced to the same extent as Mauricio Johnson, a cold blooded triple murderer, one of his victims, a minor female, yet the redheaded burglar is guilty of harming no one.
I am shocked and saddened, by this overbearing judgement.
If he is to be confined to a facility in perpetuity, for his crimes due to his mental state, he should not be confined to a prison, with those that are actually guilty of harming or killing others.
This is a grave injustice, it should be appealed and quickly overturned He should be retried in a fair and just trial, and resentenced, appropriately, and justly.
This is a travesty of our justice system.
I protest and object to this sentence.
The reporter that helped to incriminate him, considering this unreasonable sentence, I hope, has some regrets about doing so.
The ends, do not justify, the means.
The benefit, to others, of the interview, is not commensurate, to the extra suffering, the redheaded burglar will endure, because of it.
It’s truly appalling.
Personally I have to say this sentence doesn’t make me feel any safer in my community. The man seems troubled but as far as I know, he didn’t hurt anyone.
Every day in Mendo criminals are stealing cars, selling drugs, dumping bodies and committing arson.
But hey, I guess now the down on their luck know that our DA takes stealing champagne from empty cabins seriously.
dont embares the po po
they will crucify you
This man is obviously disturbed. When will we begin to help those who need our help? To imprison this man is senseless and cruel. I hope the courts will reconsider. He seems to have done no real harm.
Don’t break into homes and steal stuff and you won’t go to jail.
The third strike was assaulting a police officer with a firearm, which he has admitted to doing. What seems reasonable is to get him off the street. Can he be “rehabilitated”? Looking back on his last 15 years, one would have conclude, no. Are there others on the streets who have done worse? It appears so, and they need to be rounded up as well.
There is also the Norm Vroman observation, “We only catch the stupid ones.”
I dislike any law that mandates a sentence and ties a judge’s hands in any matter, leaving no discretion. I agree with these comments. Let’s basically throw away another life.
On an allied topic. I wish that the DA’s office would list the Defending attorney on all cases. All other parties are acknowledged, but not public and private defenders. Their work, unsung and hard, should be noted on cases, as they are an essential part of the justice system.
The three strikes law was born from the Polly Klaas murder that instigated a voter initiative to get tough on career criminals. The thought was that judges were making bad decisions, and should not have discretion when it comes to sentencing repeat offenders. Voter initiatives seldom have any wisdom, and are driven by public emotion. That includes recent voter initiatives that weaken criminal penalties that have fostered unpenalized would be criminal activity. What we currently see with some air-head big city DAs, and the “defund the police” movement, another voter initiative to get tough on crime might be in the future. Hopefully not.
Then there is our policy on indigent drug addicts, and drunks who are paid to live on our streets to become psychotic, and commit crimes with impunity. At some point the situation will bust wide open, because people will have simply had enough of it.
Yesterday I posted the following comment in MCT when the charges were announced and BEFORE Redbeard was sentenced. At that time I was not aware of his previous criminal record or strikes. However I stand by my comment and can only wonder if he would have gotten the death penalty had it been a $250 bottle of champagne rather than $25.
“So DA Dave throws the book at Redbeard while releasing three thugs who attempted to murder someone and were caught red-handed (no pun intended). I’m not inferring that Redbeard shouldn’t be punished (maybe time served and support from some of Mendo’s 31 social services agencies), but something smells rather fishy about the trumped up charges against Redbeard.”
It always comes down to money.
Money could have hired a heavy lawyer, gotten bail reduced, worked the system, and taken their chances with a jury or some other deal.
But Red took the deal. They put him in a room and convinced him he could be out with a few years of life left if he’s a good guy.
The ticket for the DA was the gun allegedly used with a sheriff in the vicinity. And then there are his two prior strikes. Not good.
But there were lots the media coverage of this guy. There were reports of his so-called Robin Hood exploits while he was on the loose. Then at least one jailhouse interview that made a momentary celebrity of Red to some.
But maybe the real deal here is he made the cops look bad for a long time. In truth, it did take a police dog to get Red. Without the dog, Red might still be run’n.
Be well,
Laz